Metal Anarchy

During a recent appearance on The Mistress Carrie Podcast, Evanescence singer Amy Lee opened up about the bond women share in the rock and metal scene. She says “the rock and metal sisterhood is amazing because it’s an ever-growing group.”

Lee said the following:

“We [Evanescence] had… I forget which chart — I guess it was the Active Rock or whatever, we had the Number One slot. And The Pretty Reckless had Number Two. And, I was like, ‘How badass is that?’ Like, absolutely ruling it. Women on top. It’s really cool.

I need the women in my life. I love the sisterhood, and the rock and metal sisterhood is amazing because it’s an ever-growing group. It really is. But we all support and push each other, because we want there to be more open-mindedness and inclusivity in general and all of those things. We all also have a really high standard. If you’re gonna make it that far, it can’t be about being a woman. That’s not gonna get you there. It’s gotta be you’re really hardworking and talented. Like they say in New York, the proof is in the puddin’, right? So you just gotta bring it. That’s the way to make it work.”

She also discussed Evanescence’s current tour, which features all women-fronted bands:

“This tour has been such a cool moment and statement for that exact thing, women supporting women, women in heavy music. We’ve got the Nova Twins and Spiritbox on this tour with us. We’ll have Poppy and the Nova Twins, and then also K.Flay on the next couple [of runs]. So we’re doing ‘Fight Like A Girl’ every night and having all the girls get up on one song, and it is just the most… It’s just the sweetest moment. It really is.

How cool is it, too, to show the support? Because I really feel like one of the tools that used to be used in not-so-distant history to keep us down was always sort of show and joke about this idea that we’re all fighting each other behind the scenes, that there can only be one and catfights and that whole ridiculous ‘we’re just gonna try to tear each other down’ thing, which is just not how it is. And the more, I think, women see that that’s not how it is, the more accepted they can imagine that they will be when they get here.”

[via Blabbermouth]